Wednesday, June 29, 2016

This
week on the Island of Sodor, Rheneas has been acting very weird lately. He
becomes upset whenever Duke tells a story about his old railway with Stuart and
Falcon. The other engines can't figure out why. Will they be able to get to the
bottom of this?

The title may be confusing because according to the railway series, Rheneas is
actually older than Duke. What I was referring to in the title was how Rheneas
was envying Duke's old stories. I really like Rheneas' reasoning why he doesn't
like the stories. Duke makes it sound like those were the best days and things
aren't quite as fun with them now. The moral of this episode is, there is no
time like the present.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

In
the next episode, Rheneas has been acting very weird lately. He becomes upset
whenever Duke tells a story about his old railway with Stuart and Falcon. The
other engines can't figure out why. Will they be able to get to the bottom of
this?

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

This
week on the Island of Sodor, Duncan is tired of always being in trouble. He is
jealous of the way Skarloey, Rheneas, and Duke are always being praised. Duncan
wants to be praised for doing a good job. But after several failed attempts to be
good, will Duncan prove himself to be a really useful engine?

Duncan kind of gets picked on as being the mean engine or the bad guy in the
narrow gauge stories, so I wanted him to try and be good in an episode. I think
Duncan is misunderstood, but yet he can be arrogant and rude with some of the
other engines, like Rusty.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

In
the next episode, Duncan is tired of always being in trouble. He is jealous of
the way Skarloey, Rheneas, and Duke are always being praised. Duncan wants to
be praised for doing a good job. But after several failed attempts to be good,
will Duncan prove himself to be a really useful engine?

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

This
week on the Island of Sodor, Sir Topham Hatt and his grandson, Stephen, always
go on an annual fishing trip. Each year Stephen gets to select an engine to
take them to Arlesdale Lake for a day of fun. Every engine wants to be chosen
for this special trip, but who will Stephen choose this year?

This episode and several others from Season 2 were filmed alongside Season 1.
You will notice the difference in quality, especially the 4:3 aspect ratio
(square) vs. the 16:9 aspect ratio. (rectangle)

The
original idea for Arlesdale Lake came from watching the Season 8 episode,
Emily's New Route. I didn't care much for the episode, but I liked the location
Black Loch, so I decided to base Arlesdale Lake on it.

Hope you enjoy this new adventure! Come back next Wednesday for more adventures
from the Island of Sodor!